Football’s First Defender

"Mr. Advocaat! Pogrebnyak has performed so well! It is rumored that teams from Moscow and even foreign teams want to introduce him. Is Zenit ready to renew his contract? ?”

"Comrade head coach! What made you abandon Krizanac and send in Yang Feng, who has no professional game experience, when Hagen was injured after falling behind in the game!"

"First the Koreans, then the Chinese! Mr. Coach, do you think Asian players can better integrate into the Russian Super League team than other foreign players?"

"Will Yang Feng go straight to the top and become the main force of the team?"

After a victory, Advocaat was naturally full of joy and came to accept the post-match interview happily!

However, when faced with some sensitive issues, the Dutch old man still perfunctory!

What to say, what not to worry about, as a veteran coach who has been in football for so long, Advocaat still has the middle number of AC!

Pogrebnyak is naturally the brightest star of the game with his brace. However, as a rookie central defender coming off the bench, Yang Feng can immediately enter the rhythm of the game and send a key shot in the final stage of the game. The assist also attracted the attention of some media!

"Rookie central defender, send a key assist! Help Zenit win at home!"

"Zenit's youth training results shine in St. Petersburg!"

"A rookie central defender who was born out of nowhere!"

Anyway, Liu Yue bought all the local newspapers related to Yang Feng and kept them as commemorations of Yang Feng's first professional game!

"I don't even have a face of mine, I'm too shameless!"

The few reporters on the scene captured more of Pogrebnyak's heroic appearance during the game. As for Yang Feng's assist, this sudden event was of course missed. After all, who will be in the game? In the middle, it's okay to point the camera at a fledgling kid, isn't the cost unnecessary?

"Sure enough, everything about becoming famous is fake. You only know my name, but you don't know what my looks are good for!"

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Because of the small number of teams in the Russian Super League and the fact that the cup matches are New Year’s Eve, there is no need for the so-called one-week double matches like the five major leagues. Except for the national team’s game day, the entire Russian Super League has been kept in the first half of the year. With a good game rhythm of one game a week!

After a one-day rest after the game, Zenit ushered in the assembly again! Start preparing for Sunday's game!

"Hagen is injured and will be out for four weeks! During this time, Yang Feng, you can directly participate in training as the main central defender!"

After careful consideration, Advocaat decided to support Yang Feng. After all, Yang Feng's performance in the first game was remarkable, and he had a fairly impressive performance on the defensive end and when setting the ball. No one will gossip!

However, Yang Feng's success in assuming the position still made Krizzanatz hurt a lot. Originally, as the team's first backup central defender, Krizanac would get about 20 appearances every year in the first two seasons. Now Yang Feng is ranked ahead of him. When Hagen comes back a month later, he will You might lose your place!

"The summer transfer period, if it doesn't work, just apply for a transfer and leave Zenit!"

The football world is so cruel sometimes. Although it seems cool to earn a salary without playing a game, but if you don't have enough game accumulation, your next professional contract will obviously shrink a lot!

Yang Feng, who finally got the chance to play in the first team, did not relax his requirements during training. He is still willing to use himself to run more and expand the defensive area to make up for his lack of physical confrontation ability at this stage. Prove that you can handle the intensity of professional competition!

This weekend, Zenit will go away to challenge CSKA Moscow! A mountain that must be overcome if one wants to win the championship!

CSKA Moscow has been the champion of the Russian Super League for two consecutive seasons. In the Russian Super League where the heroes compete for hegemony, they are a team with considerable strength and resilience! There are many international players in the team, as well as outstanding foreign aid, coupled with the blessing of various off-court factors, there is a tendency to want to win three consecutive championships this season!

In 2005, CSKA Moscow, composed of almost the same Russian domestic personnel, had the last laugh in the UEFA Cup and won the Russian league team, the first European championship! The strength is evident!

And this season, CSKA Moscow, limited by its weak away game, has a record of four draws and one loss without a win. Although it is only ranked third, it is only 2 behind Zenit and Spartak Moscow, who are tied for the top of the list. point. It is to rely on its best home performance in the Russian Super League!

Scored 11 goals in 5 home games, 4 wins and 1 tie to remain unbeaten, the home attack firepower is guaranteed, and the defense is still watertight. For Zenit, it is really a difficult bone!

As the focus of this round, this game has naturally attracted strong attention in Russia.

Even in order to take care of the large number of Moscow fans who can watch the game live, the game was changed to the Luzhniki Stadium. The Luzhniki Stadium can accommodate 80,000 people. For this focus match, it is still hard to find a ticket. The grand event!

As a new era, which can be called the Russian National Derby, it is still decided to let Yang Feng start. For Advocaat, it is also under tremendous pressure.

If the game is lost and Yang Feng does not perform well, both Yang Feng and Advocaat will bear the pressure from the national public opinion.

In the training session, Advocaat also rarely made detailed preparations for this game.

"Sunday's game, at the Luzhniki Stadium, I decided to be on the safe side and do my own defense first!"

"Although the game is not at CSKA Moscow's familiar home ground, under the cheers of tens of thousands of home fans, I believe they will insist on their home court and onslaught tactics!"

"Although I believe that our offensive firepower is not weaker than anyone else in the Russian Super League, but, after all, it is an away game, and it is not a problem to lower your body appropriately. It is not a bad thing to play defensive counterattacks occasionally!"

"In this game, we also enjoy the thrill of defensive counterattack!"

"Now I will determine the approximate starting lineup. If there is no accident, I will play with this lineup on Sunday!"

"Goalkeeper! Malafeyev!"

The starting goalkeeper at the beginning of the season was Slovakia's national goalkeeper, Kontefarski. He became the scapegoat of the entire defense. In the last two rounds, he returned to the bench to watch the ball!

"Defense line: Anyukov, Skrtel, Yang Feng, Jin Dongjin!"

"Tymoshchuk and Konstantin Ziryanov partnered with double midfielders, responsible for the team's midfield defense!"

"Denisov and Dominsko play two wings! Pogrebnyak's single arrow is at the forefront, and Arshavin, as a free man in the frontcourt, will connect the small-scale cooperation in the frontcourt!"

"When defending, except for Pogrebnyak, everyone else must return to the half court when the opponent is attacking! Be sure to limit the opponent's attack, and don't let the opponent get the chance to shoot easily. As for the counterattack, you can Directly find the striker as a fulcrum, or pass directly to the wing, I believe in your own ability to capture fighters..."

After the approximate starting lineup is determined, it is natural to conduct tactical exercises against CSKA Moscow during training!

Fortunately, as one of the most wealthy teams in the Russian Super League, the strength of Zenit's substitute players is still good, at least it is more than enough to train as an imaginary enemy!

Sunday, Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium, the battle is imminent!

"Welcome everyone to watch Russian National Television! We are broadcasting the eleventh round of the Russian Super League live. CSKA Moscow will face the challenge of Zenit St. Petersburg at the Luzhniki Stadium!"

"Before this round, Zenit and Spartak Moscow led the league standings with 19 points, while CSKA Moscow, with a poor away record, ranked third with a difference of 2 points! This is a decisive battle for the championship A strong dialogue of the situation!"

"I believe CSKA Moscow, which will have an easier schedule in the future, as long as they solve their away offensive problems and get back on track, it is not impossible to win the Russian Super League for three consecutive championships!"

"For CSKA Moscow, this game is an excellent opportunity to catch up with Zenit. As long as it can guarantee its home strength as usual this season and win, CSKA Moscow will overtake Zenit and at least rank No. 1 in the league. two!"

"On the other hand, the visiting team, as an emerging giant that invested heavily in signings during the offseason and renewed their contracts to retain core players, has not lost in the past three consecutive games against the bottom teams in the league. In a 1-1 draw, we still lost 4 points, and we should have gotten the points! Otherwise, Zenit would have been able to take advantage of the easy schedule and widen the gap in the standings!"

"Judging from the performance of Zenit's defense in the last few games, if Advocaat does not focus on solving the defense problem, then as the schedule gradually encounters strong teams in the future, I believe Zenit will concede more goals. Encountered a greater test!"

"And Zenit also lost its main central defender, Norwegian international Erik Hagen, in the last game against Rubin Kazan. According to the news before the game, Hagen suffered a thigh strain and will rest for at least four weeks. Although the young Chinese defender Yang Feng who came off the bench performed very well in the last game, and even Zenit's overtake goal was assisted by Yang, but Edvocaat's choice of central defender position still needs to be done carefully. Decision! Can a 19-year-old young man withstand the pressure of this game?"

"There will be a 'crack' in the center of Russian power today. This is today's Russian national derby!"

"Let us look forward to what kind of wonderful performance the two sides will bring us!"